I'm trying to make pocket money by selling some of the things I make. Anyone got any ideas for Valentines day?

Potpourri Sachets, Lacy Facecloths, Red Dishcloths

Originally Posted by sheldon

Happy New Year everyone! Congrats to the winners of the prizes and to our two winners of the KnittingHelp.com iPhone app in the Facebook contest. And a HUGE thank you to Shandeh for organizing all of this, arranging the prizes, tallying up the entries, and so on. She is amazing! Three cheers for Shandeh!

Thanks Sheldon! I had a wonderful time. Our annual New Years Eve party is one of my favorite things.

Originally Posted by MollyV

Thanks everyone for a fun evening and great cozy pattern. It was fun. No, I didn't win anything, but it's OK...knitting is about having fun and learning something new.

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Great start to the New Year...

Hi!

I just wanted to thank Sandy publicly for hosting such a great party with such wonderful prizes!

I won the Paton's Little Princess book! The funny thing about this is that I have absolutely no baby girls to knit for either in the family or for friends. All our new arrivals have been guys and no new ones are expected! LOL I hope this book doesn't prompt a flood of new babies in the family - my daughter's-in-law would lynch me!!!!!!!!

But it occurred to me that there are lots of baby girls out there who would benefit from having something hand-knit especially for them. We have several hospitals here on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Baltimore, which is our closest biggest city, has many huge hospitals, including Johns Hopkins and University of Maryland.

So winning this book inspired me to plan to knit up some pretty projects especially for little ones who might need them, even if I don't know them personally!

I fell asleep in the recliner shortly after my last post. Lap top, knitting and all. Thanks everyone for all the tips. I will definitely be back here again! What fun! Happy 2011!!

I bet you wondered what was going on when you woke up!

Thanks for joining the party last night. It was fun talking to you!

Originally Posted by rachejm

I've put the project information up on Ravelry, complete with pics. It looks like I've done the whole pattern in white but its actually pastel colours they just didn't photograph well.

Gosh, I hate when a photo does that with my projects. I'll be SO PROUD of my work, and the photo I take just doesn't show it well at all. Ugh!

Originally Posted by RuthieinMaryland

I just wanted to thank Sandy publicly for hosting such a great party with such wonderful prizes!

Glad you enjoyed the party as much as I did!

Originally Posted by RuthieinMaryland

I won the Paton's Little Princess book! The funny thing about this is that I have absolutely no baby girls to knit for.....But it occurred to me that there are lots of baby girls out there who would benefit from having something hand-knit especially for them.
So winning this book inspired me to plan to knit up some pretty projects especially for little ones who might need them, even if I don't know them personally!

Great plan! I do a lot of charity knitting myself, so I'm behind you 100%. It's SO satisfying making things for people who really appreciate them!